The Boss King actually disguised himself as a novice village chief?!
Chapter 503 - 413 Rand Kingdom S1 Ladder Competition_2

Chapter 503: Chapter 413 Rand Kingdom S1 Ladder Competition_2

The two chatted simply about the future development, and Rania did not skimp on sharing her own worries, particularly the problems concerning the state’s finances, which were giving her a headache.

"I have a candidate to recommend, you can make her the Finance Minister of the Kingdom."

"Who?"

"Tao Lexi Griffin."

...

William looked at Tao Lexi, who showed a stunned expression, as she was rattled by a letter from the Rand Kingdom.

Always hoping to maintain absolute privacy and autonomy in her territory, Tao Lexi was resistant to both the Queen and the Duke.

Yet, history’s wheel rolled on, and no one could stop the development of the times.

"Why?" Tao Lexi couldn’t understand.

She had been appointed by the Queen as the national Finance Minister, tasked with drafting relevant laws and adjusting taxes, nearly possessing boundless authority.

When she learned that it was Lind who had proposed it, she was even more baffled.

"It seems the Duke has discovered your strengths, Tao Lexi." William felt happy for his sister. In a Kingdom where authority was dominant, the Griffin Territory lagged behind in wealth, resources, and military power.

If it were not for the territory’s strict regulations against moving, the Griffin Territory might have been deserted.

Even so, people were still quietly escaping the Griffin Territory to seek a richer and better life in the Northern Kingdom.

"I’m not..."

Tao Lexi was indeed tempted; her desire for power was no less than that of men, and managing finances was her forte.

"You should go!" William continued.

"Don’t talk about me, I should think it over," Tao Lexi looked at William, "and you, my brother, do you really intend to follow him to the Magic Land?"

Seeing William’s expression, Tao Lexi sighed, "Okay, I understand."

"Everyone should have their own life, you can’t keep everyone tied to you." William said softly.

"Yes, I know it’s like that."

Tao Lexi had become the Finance Minister of Rand Kingdom and immediately implemented sweeping reforms.

She found Lind’s governance a mess, with outrageous expenses for the Undead, yet overly favorable treatment of common people.

The real problems were discovered when Tao Lexi was tallying the trade and price of food, which seemed off.

Upon meticulous investigation, Tao Lexi discovered that some of the Undead were exploiting this loophole, trading with common people multiple times to buy more at cheaper prices.

Then, the Undead would use the food they bought to "highly pay" the commoners to work for them.

Things like "points," "military merits," "War Points" were not within Tao Lexi’s jurisdiction, but just this issue alone was enough for her to actively seek trouble with Lind.

What a mess he had thrown at her.

Although she had used teleportation, stepping forward from the City of Gold to the Snake Catcher Fortress and looking at the imposing huge arena, she couldn’t help but marvel at the terror of magic.

But after taking a deep breath, Tao Lexi, full of momentum, found Lind, who was talking about something in the arena.

"Is this the trouble you threw at me?!!" Tao Lexi was not intimidated by Lind’s identity.

The God of the Present World, the reassuring Golden Lion, were all useless.

"What?" Lind gestured for others to leave, "What’s wrong?"

He turned to look at Tao Lexi.

Tao Lexi shared with him the situation she encountered upon taking over.

"Did I raise the prices a lot?"

Lind, looking through the data organized by Tao Lexi, was quite satisfied with her efficiency. With this kind of work, if it were his previous officials, dozens of them wouldn’t have been able to clarify it.

"It’s not that much." Lind pointed at the bill, "It’s just increased six times."

He thought he had done well enough.

"Six times, isn’t that high enough?" Tao Lexi thought her ears had a problem.

In just over a year, inflation had increased six times; the nation was on the brink of collapse!

"Do you know how fast the strength of the Undead increases? If I don’t lower their selling prices and raise their buying prices, do you believe they could buy up most of Goliath in a month?"

Compared to other games, where players spent just a few hundred early on and inflated to spending tens of millions later, Lind’s ability to keep inflation at six times was already very capable.

Strength increases, rare resources are more easily obtained, but the prices of ordinary resources and labor remain the same, as long as the Undead are willing, the national order could collapse in an instant.

That’s why Lind preferred a points system over currency, letting the Undead and NPCs have no financial transactions, preventing the Undead from trading points among themselves, giving Lind control akin to "official" authority, adding stability.

But when the Undead started farming materials, like the Heart of Calamity and other previously rare magic materials now abundant, Lind had to face the Undead farming points, "exploiting bugs."

"This is treating the symptoms, not the root cause, it will still collapse," Tao Lexi shook her head.

"How do you want to do it?" Lind was looking down at the data, about the arena’s opening and remodeling, all involving huge investments.

"I can do whatever I want?" Tao Lexi countered, "That’s tens of thousands of Undead, are you sure?"

To this, Lind only told her one thing, "Go find Rania, then enact new regulations, completely disregarding what the Undead might think, they will comply."